Re: [CR] touchup paint

I never use anything except nail polish for touchup. It has numerous advantages in that it dries fast and hard, can be waxed with past wax without rubbing off, and if you botch the job, you can easily remove it with Acetone (aka Nail Polish Remover) with minimal damage to the original enamel paint.

It also comes in an amazing selection of colors. We probably have teenage girls to thank for this, since some nail polish colors, like that awful Raleigh chartreuse green, although a great match for bike paint, I can't imagine any adult woman actually wearing.

It was the late lamented Sheldon Brown who first alerted me to this with his comment that red bikes, besides being faster than any other color, had a guaranteed supply of perfectly matched touchup paint, since nail polish comes in every conceivable shade of red.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA